| You're Near... BUSINESSES: • Downtown Portsmouth, including City Hall, the Courts (in walking/ biking distance) • Downtown Norfolk (8 minutes) • 5th District Coast Guard bldg (in walking/ biking distance) • Coast Guard Base • Army Corps Headquarters • Naval Shipyard and Hospital (in walking/ biking distance) • Portsmouth International Terminals TRANSPORTATION: • Regional Transit • Downtown Portsmouth to Norfolk passenger ferry (in walking/ biking distance) • Access to interstates & tunnels ACTIVITIES & SCHOOLS: • Portsmouth Children’s Museum • Restaurants, shops, hotels & Olde Towne Portsmouth • Commodore Dinner Theater • Portside Entertainment area • YMCA (3 are close by) • Tidewater Community College Art Campus • Norfolk attractions, including Chrysler Theatre, Harrison Opera House, Scope arena, Harbor Park, Waterside, Nauticus, and MacArthur Center Mall. • 2 Neighborhood elementary schools -- including an award winning Montessori School in Park View and the newly-constructed John Tyler Elementary -- plus nearby, a brand new and state-of-the-art $37.4 million I. C. Norcom high school • Court Street Academy -- a small & well-respected private school in Olde Towne (Kindergarten through 8th grade) call 393-2312 for more information • Marinas in Scotts Creek & intra-coastal waterway |
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